[PembsPanther]

Afternoon All

I have a number of metal poles from an old trampoline and also some old baby gates, seems a shame not to recycle them in some way so I thought about using them as stakes for plants, will this be OK?

I was a bit worried about rust though getting into the soil and on the shafts, would it be a wise idea to wrap them in gaffa tape or something first?

Any negatives to doing any of this you can think of?

Thanks in advance

[mumofstig]

I use any old bits of metal as stakes and never had any problems, I don't do anything with them either 

[PembsPanther]

Lovely just what I was hoping to hear, thanks

[PembsPanther]

In that case as a side note I picked up a bag full of a couple of hundred of old knitting needles from the local charity place for a couple of quid, stakes galore

[GrannieAnnie]

The baby gates would be good for growing peas up.  I used an old extending clothes horse, you know one that you pull upwards, to grow peas up one year!

[Elaine G]

I recycled a broken metal bed. The end pieces are great for holding down weed supressing fabric etc. I guess they would do for peas too.
The long side pieces secure enviromesh draped over blue pipes. Its easy to move for weeding, saves messing about with hooks or bricks.

Elaine